In some countries, more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or the building they live in. What are the reasons for this? How can people research this?

Information about the

history

of the buildings is demanded to be known by the residents in some states. The primary reasons are that it is necessary to submit the original data to

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authority

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before the renovation is carried out and

those information

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can be obtained on

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in most cases and from previous owners in some cases. One of the necessities before the purchase of a building or a flat is to get to know in-depth details of the building and its background

history

. Without knowing them, the owner has to take certain risks to do some kinds of renovations because the submission to

building

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authority is mandatory in some countries before any alteration is made.

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, some original features left by the previous owner are irreplaceable and any destruction of them can be undone.

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, a friend of mine renovated his own flat,

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he bought just before the renovation, without knowing that the old sculpture is Chinese original feature and it is very hard to find nowadays. Now he is very keen to know about how his flat is built by the previous owner. Regarding the

history

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building

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, one of the easiest ways to research is to ask the real estate agent or the

house

seller. They know

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in-depth

history

of the

house

they are selling without

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so that the buyer can get to know

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making

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to purchase. Another reliable source is the

government

website where all records are kept and archived. The obvious example is that the URA space, a virtual map which shows data in

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presentation, was launched by one of the Singapore

government

bodies in 2005. It can be used to know the previous records of each and every land lot which are

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important for the buyer to know before they purchase the land parcels. To summarise,

this

is very positive that many

house

owners are keen to know the

history

of the building or the flat they are residing

.

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Getting to liaise with

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for

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renovation and their willingness to avoid the destruction of authentic signatures are motivating them to explore the records of their own buildings and they can do some research on the

government

websites and can ask the

house

agents if they are comfortable to talk to them.